Authorities work to identify body found in Ogle County

HILLCREST — Ogle County Sheriff’s Department police are attempting to identify a body found Monday in Kyte Creek.

The body was located in a waterway north of Rochelle, about 23 miles south of Rockford.

Police have not yet identified the man.

He is estimated to be between 35 and 50 years old, about 5-feet 7-inches tall and about 200 pounds with black, medium length hair. He is either white or Hispanic. The man was wearing a dark sweatshirt, dark T-shirt and blue jeans with a woven leather belt and blue athletic shoes.

Sheriff Michael Harn said in a news release that there are no known missing adults in Ogle County. Anyone with information is asked to call Ogle police at 815-732-6666.